
SN6A060
LCD Controller with Voice/Dual Tone Melody
INTRODUCTION
SN6A060 is a single chip voice/dual tone melody synthesizer IC with 4*32 LCD
direct drive capability which contains two 4-bit I/O ports, one 4-bit output ports
and a tiny controller. By programming through the tiny controller, user’s
applications including LCD display, section combination, trigger modes, output
status, voice/melody playing and other logic functions and then be easily
implemented.
FEATURES
Single power supply 2.4V – 5.1V
Built in a tiny controller
Two 4-bit I/O ports and one 4-bit output ports are provided
Built in 64K*10 ROM
256*4 bits RAM for programming usage are provided
32*4 bits RAM for LCD display usage are provided
Maximum 16k program ROM is provided
Readable ROM code data
Built in direct 4*32 LCD driver
LCD 1/3 bias, 1/4 duty
Built in a high quality speech synthesizer
Adaptive playing speed from 2.5k-40kHz is provided
Built in a dual tone melody generator
Speech/Dual tone melody mixer is provided which SN6A060 can play
speech and dual tone melody simultaneously
Built in a PWM Direct Drive circuit output BUO1 and BUO2 directly
connected to Speaker for sound output
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PIN ASSIGNMENT
Symbol I/O Function Description
SEG1-SEG32 O segment 1~32 for LCD driver
COM1-COM4 O Com1-Com4 for LCD driver.
GND I Negative power supply.
VLC1, VLC2, VLC3 I LCD voltage bias connection pins.
GND I Negative power supply.
P23-P20 I/O Bit 3 to bit 0 of IO port 2.
P33-P30 I/O Bit 3 to bit 0 of IO port 3.
P43-P40 O Bit 3 to bit 0 of IO port 4.
BUO1 O PWM output 1
SN6A060
LCD Controller with Voice/Dual Tone Melody
BUO2 O PWM output 2
RST I Reset pin with internal pull low.
OSC I Oscillation component connection pin.
TEST I For testing only.
XIN,XOUT 32768 Hz Crystal connection pins.
V
DD
I Positive power supply.
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ABSOLUTELY MAXIMUM RATING
Items Symbol Min Max Unit.
Supply Voltage VDD-V -0.3 6.0 V
SN6A060
Input Voltage V
Operating
T
Temperature
Storage Temperature T
STG
ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTIC
Item Sym. Min. Typ. Max. Unit Condition
Operating Voltage V
Standby current 1 I
Standby current 2 I
Operating Current I
Input current of
,P2,P3
Drive current of
P2,P3,P4
large Sink current
of P2,P3,P4
Small Sink current
of P2,P3,P4
SBY1
SBY2
OPR
I
I
I
OS1
I
OS2
2.4 3.0 5.1 V
DD
--1.0uAVDD=3V,both system clk and
-24uAVDD=3V, system clk is off,
- 250
IH
OD
- 3.0 10.0
-1.5 -2 -
2.0 3 -
-0.4-uAVDD=3V,VO=0.4V
IN
OP
VSS-0.3 VDD+0.3 V
-20.0 70.0
-55.0 125.0
o
o
32768 Hz clk are off
32768 Hz clk is on and no
LCD load
AVDD=3V, no load
u
AVDD=3V,VIN=3V
u
AVDD=3V,VO=2.6V
m
AVDD=3V,VO=0.4V
m
C
C
Drive current of
I
100 120 -
OD
Buo1
Sink Current of
I
100 120 -
OS
Buo1
Drive Current of
I
100 120 -
OD
Buo2
Sink Current of
I
100 120 -
OS
Buo2
Oscillation Freq. F
Note: System clock frequency=Fosc/2.
OSC
-2.0-MHzVDD=3V
A VDD=3V,Buo1=1.5V
m
A VDD=3V,Buo1=1.5V
m
A VDD=3V,Buo2=1.5V
m
A VDD=3V,Buo2=1.5V
m
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BONDING PAD
SEG22
SEG23
SN6A060
LCD Controller with Voice/Dual Tone Melody
SEG3
SEG4
SEG5
SEG18
SEG19
SEG20
SEG21
SEG17
SEG14
SEG15
SEG16
SEG13
SEG10
SEG11
SEG12
SEG9
SEG6
SEG7
SEG8
SEG24
SEG25
SEG26
SEG27
SEG28
SEG29
SEG30
SEG31
SEG32
VLC3
VLC2
VLC1
48 47 46 45 44 43 42 41 40 39 38
50
51
52
53
BUO2
(0,0)
GND
XIN
XOUT
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
1 2 3 9 10 11 12 16151413
TEST
45 6 78
RST
OSC
GND
BUO1
VDD
29
303132333435363749
SEG2
28
SEG1
27
COM4
26
COM3
25
COM2
24
COM1
23
P43
22
P42
21
P41
20
P40
19
18
P33
17
P32
P21
P20
P22
P31
P23
P30
SN6A060
Note: The substrate MUST be connected to Vss in PCB layout.
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APPLICATION CIRCUIT
SN6A060
LCD Controller with Voice/Dual Tone Melody
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SN6A060
LCD Controller with Voice/Dual Tone Melody
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